Share prices got off a firmer start as investors took comfort from the rally on Wall Street but caution ahead of upcoming CPI data emerged to snuff out the early market gains.
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Related JGB prices saw some support from softer stock prices earlier, but caution ahead of today's auction e... RYUTARO MATSUYAMA The sharp gains on Wall Street failed to restore investors' confidence. STANLEY CHOU Share prices fell in knee-jerk reaction to a retreat on Wall Street overnight. Investors also took a... TOSHIHIKO MATSUNO The market took a breather as investors believed share prices surged too far, too fast in recent ses... YUTAKA MIURA Further gains from here may prove a little difficult as Japanese investors will be looking to take p... LEE NAISBITT Gains on Wall Street and Tokyo provided support to the local market. Properties led (the gains) as m... CASTOR PANG Gains on Wall Street overnight and in Tokyo this morning helped the market recover. ALEX WONG The sharp rally on Wall Street is filtering through the currency market and lifting the U.S. dollar. ALEX BEUZELIN The market extended yesterday's decline as it took its lead from the overnight losses on Wall Street... ALVIN TENG Looks like the stock market has gotten off on positive footing after yesterday's broad-based decline... MICHAEL SHELDON Many investors were sidelined awaiting the outcome of the 20-year JGB auction while firmer equity pr... AKITSUGU BANDO Hong Kong took a lead from Wall Street, Tokyo and other overseas markets, and this explains gains th... HOWARD GORGES Given the global outperformance of the Australian share market, some investors are questioning the p... CRAIG JAMES The CPI took some of the sting out of the market, but it didn't knock out the implications of the PP... JOHN HUGHES Without pressure from Wall Street, they would never have got things moving. It took Wall Street to w... BRAD RUBIN Investors will probably hold off buying bonds before the release of the report on core prices. Gains... KATSUTOSHI INADOME The JGB market saw pressure (on the 5-yr tenor) from strong gains in stock prices here. However, act... HIROYUKI KUBOTA The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take any ... GONZALO ALONSO In general, great companies prefer to grow 'organically,' as Wall Street likes to say. That ... ALEX BERENSON CPI data was benign but the data was prior to Hurricane Katrina, ... Still, no one is quite sure abo... JOSEPH BATTIPAGLIA Wall Street's gain helped the futures market rebound from yesterday's close and that is pushing up t... HENRY LUI The market held on despite Wall Street. I think investors are becoming increasingly confident and ta... MARIO ZAWADZKI A rally in equities weighed on sentiment, while there was some caution ahead of the 30-year debt auc... AKITSUGU BANDO Gains in the market are fund-led. Trading in the region remains relatively strong with funds pursuin... JACKSON WONG The market is in a consolidation mode after recent gains. The rise in crude prices is also providing... BEN KWONG Not to be heartless, but this is very good for Wall Street, ... And I think that is why we are seein... ART HOGAN We wanted to start off and rattle them with the press early. We got some quick baskets and got ahead... JACK MCMAHON [The data] could prove marginally positive for ATI. Its share gain in the performance DX9 sub-segmen... GURINDER KALRA Wall Street was steadier overnight and Hutchison has denied a share placement rumor, so the market r... ALAN PAU The market took on some new positions ahead of the Fed. After they raised, as expected, gold came of... FREDERIC PANIZZUTTI Crude prices remain volatile and that is where the Canadian market will carry on from yesterday's ga... JOE ISMAIL The market took the lead from Wall street last Friday and the Japanese market this morning. Buying i... CASTOR PANG The oil price and the rally on Wall Street will definitely help us move higher today. LEX BOUWMEESTER Despite rising fuel prices, devastating weather events and a difficult market environment, Chrysler ... TOM LASORDA Market participants stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US data. MAMORU ASHIMOTO Many investors stayed out of the market because of the long weekend, but prices rose due to the appr... CARLOS SANCHEZ Strong economic data also gave investors confidence in the market prospects, and they believe many s... LIU JINGDE Investors are now less eager to chase prices higher after the big rally recently. DEREK LAM We had a positive lead from Wall Street. Oil prices were up again. ERIC BETTS The Hong Kong market takes the lead from Wall Street and, to a lesser extent, other overseas markets... HOWARD GORGES The market gains, led by heavyweight China Mobile, were underpinned by heavy purchases from institut... CASTOR PANG If the rise in petrol prices in the producer-price data is reflected in the CPI data, there is a ris... JAMES CARRICK I think (investors) are going to be looking at how the market has performed and what the sector rank... BILL MEEHAN It looks like the market is operating independently of Wall Street today. It is a normal fight betwe... GABRIEL JAFET The market rebounded from Friday's fall, with property stocks and large cap China Mobile leading the... CASTOR PANG Share prices were weaker as many investors are keenly awaiting the machinery orders (figures). HIDEO MIZUTANI Friday's rally was on the government's moves to boost the property market, ... But whatever the gove... DAVID HARMAN We're seeing some profit-taking of blue chips after Friday's gains but generally the market is very ... HERBERT LAU The local market continued to post losses as it was affected by the retreat of Wall Street and the J... CASTOR PANG A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. BEN BERNANKE Technology shares here got a lift from strong gains in the Nasdaq index as many investors here regar... HITOSHI YAMAMOTO During the first half of fiscal 1998, demand remained solid. The top companies have been consolidati... MICHAEL DELL Anticipation for good earnings seems to be leading to gains for Sony as well as Toyota and Honda. In... JUNICHI MISAWA But when have I ever needed saving? "Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro... TRACY WARD The stock market is heavily into overbought territory and a correction at this stage would be good f... DEEPAK SHAH The market was really just accompanying Wall Street. The ongoing uncertainty over U.S. interest rate... GABRIEL JAFET The market is basically on hold for the industrial production data. Investors are wary of going long... KOJI MUNEOKA WorldCom is frustrated because Wall Street investors just look at the total company. Wall Street isn... CHARLES DISANZA I thought we got out to a good start, we had our outside shot. I thought our defense was pretty good... BILLY THORNHILL Consumption and unemployment data disappointed the market. The CPI increase of 0.1 percent is nothin... JOACHIM SCHUETZ Consumption and unemployment data disappointed the market. The CPI increase of 0.1 pct is nothing. T... JOACHIM SCHUETZ For the most part, Christmas is here and everyone is taking a well-deserved break, including Wall St... ANDRE BAKHOS The rally in stocks is hampering bonds. Investors also have become risk averse ahead of the fiscal y... MASATO FUKASAKU This is just drifting around. But the Nigeria situation, as the weeks wear on, is providing a firmer... MIKE WITTNER Share prices ended weaker. This is because of lingering concerns about a lack of active inflows of f... HIDEO MIZUTANI Census data influences decisions made from Main Street to Wall Street, in Congress and with the Fede... BLAKE FARENTHOLD Merger fantasy and still strong economic data are protecting the market from a major correction. We ... MARKUS STEINBEIS Consumption and unemployment data disappointed the market. The CPI increase of 0.1 per cent is nothi... JOACHIM SCHUETZ I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We've had a nice run off of late-April's lows and the market is digesting these gains. We'll probabl... KATIE TOWNSHEND There's some caution ahead of Greenspan. The market is looking for soothing words, such as growth is... GARY SCHLOSSBERG We have been trading on the low side but, ahead of the CPI [Consumer Price Index] number tomorrow, b... MIKE RYAN Now that the CPI data came in better than expected, the shares are bouncing off their session lows. ANDREW LIGHT We're seeing prices perhaps level off a bit, but we're not seeing a decrease in prices. We are seein... KATHY WHITE The NAPM attracted buyers, but there are still a lot of investors sitting on the sidelines. Benign i... BOB BASEL Share prices fell partly on profit-taking and partly because of a seasonal factors but underlying ma... YUJI SHIMANAKA For now the rate hike will have mostly a psychological impact on the market. Investors will probably... WANG ZHENG To economists, prices serve as crucial signals to producers and consumers. In a regulated market, th... ALEX BERENSON I think this market can hold on to this rally and start trending higher. ART HOGAN All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certai... DANA SPIOTTA [Despite recent volatility and concerns about overvaluation, market players continued to insist that... ROBERT ROBBINS The currency market will be more volatile than before. The sensitivity to the upcoming data will be ... MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO The data were firmer overall than expected, HOWARD ARCHER The Nikkei 225 had shed more than half the gains it added in its previous rally, so it was a good ti... HIROICHI NISHI We had a relief rally on the back end yesterday, and it's carrying through to today. Plus, with the ... GEORGE GONCALVES In market research I did at Microsoft Corp. in the early 1990s, I estimated that the 'Wall Stree... NATHAN MYHRVOLD Although housing supplies rose last month, it wasn't enough to take pressure off of prices gains, wh... AL MANSELL It's a dream run for investors. The market is showing no signs of losing steam despite touching such... DEEPAK SHAH An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on every... MATT TAIBBI During the week, the market was already oversold. There were many bargains and a lot of people took ... CARLOS PEYRELONGUE The history of Wall Street is inseparable from New York. RON CHERNOW Is it going to stop the practices? By and large, yes. Completely? No, ... The big issue is not what ... BILL SINGER Share prices here rebounded ... after the market succumbed to profit-taking for a second straight da... MASAYOSHI YANO The rate cut was positive, but maybe a little conservative, so the market took some profits after in... CARLOS HOKAMA Market players had been refraining from selling the yen before the release of the CPI data. But now,... KAZUHIRO NISHINA Market players have been refraining from selling the yen before the release of the CPI data. But now... KAZUHIRO NISHINA The FT seems to be enjoying some buoyant ad gains to date, which is contrary to trends we've seen fr... SIMON BAKER The Reserve Bank is very firmly on hold. The housing market is treading water. Investors no longer h... BRIAN REDICAN Investors are set to close out the year with good gains. HANS KUNNEN They're very interested in sending their graduates out to Main Street as well as Wall Street. BEN BARON
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